Thread: hows this for a preworkout and post workout meal

Originally Posted by brollickby06

What do you guys think of it?

ingreditnets: (protein, fat, carbs)
2 scoops of low carb isopure protein (50g/0g/3g)..210 cal
1 cup of oatmeal (15g, 7.5g, 75g)..450 cal
1 medium apple (0g/0g/22g)..80 cal

total: 75g/7.5g/100g and 740 cal

Firstly - you added wrong... it should be:
65g carb protein, 7.5g fat and 100g carbs.

So this makes it:

so since i dirnk half before and half after, for each meal the stats are:

38g protein
4g fat
50g carbs
and 370 cal

32.5g protein, 4g fat, 50g carbs

do you guys think this is suitable for a bulk?

Personally - no I don't think it is all that good....

I would use a different fruit (apples are too low GI, too high in fibre and too high in fructose to be altogether useful PWO)... I would also replace some of the oats with a different carb source (such as skim milk).

Whether or not the servings are appropriate for you would depend on your goals and your weight/BF%.

But if you wanted roughly those ratio's you could do:
2 scoops whey (50g protein, 3g carb)
1 large (5 oz flesh) banana (32g carb)
2 cups skim milk (24g carb, 16g protein)
0.5 cups oats (7.5g protein, 3.75g fat, 37.5g carb)

TOTAL = 73.5g protein, 3.75g fat, 97g carb

So it is ~48g carb, 37g protein, 1.9g fat

thank you so much emma-leigh!!

I will make it exactly as you said. So that would be a pretty good pre/post workout meal right?

thanks again for the input

Originally Posted by brollickby06

thank you so much emma-leigh!!

I will make it exactly as you said. So that would be a pretty good pre/post workout meal right?

thanks again for the input

I think Emma's given you purely a PWO drink....not pre. Your apple would be better pre-workout probably.

Originally Posted by brollickby06

thank you so much emma-leigh!!

I will make it exactly as you said. So that would be a pretty good pre/post workout meal right?

thanks again for the input

This is a good pre and post workout drink yes.

(And yes, it is PRE as well - a banana is still better than an apple. The apple would be ok in a meal eaten further out - say ~60-90 minutes prior to your workout...).

I stand corrected

The good 'ol 'nana is better pre....why....more glucose/ less fibre?

So apple would be better in a Pre-workout meal....say if that's early am when liver glycogen is lower anyway?

Originally Posted by Gordo

The good 'ol 'nana is better pre....why....more glucose/ less fibre?

Yes.

Nana's have a lower fructose:glucose ratio, a faster digestion and a better vitamin and mineral ratio for around your workouts.

So apple would be better in a Pre-workout meal....say if that's early am when liver glycogen is lower anyway?

If you wanted to partially replenish liver glycogen before your workout (which would not be a bad idea, especially if you were going to do a long or hard workout) then yes - it would be a good idea... As long as the workout was far enough out from the meal for the apple to have been digested and processed.

But otherwise I would suggest something like a nana.